דָּבֵק
davek · clinging
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1695 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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davek (דָּבֵק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “clinging”.
Joined to someone without letting go.
How to say it
da·vek
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Holding fast to someone without letting go.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- was joined ×1
- who clung ×1
- who sticks closer ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 4:4
But you who clung to YHWH your Elohim are alive, all of you, today.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12
And the wing of the one cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and the other wing, of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the other cherub.
- Proverbs 18:24
A man of many companions comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.